Enacted parts

ARTICLE 222-39-1
(Act no. 1996-392 of 13 May 1996 Article 17 Official Journal of 14 May 1996) 
(Ordinance No. 2000-916 of 19 September 2000 Article 3 Official Journal of 22 September into force 1 January 2002)
The inability to justify an income corresponding to one's lifestyle, while maintaining habitual relationships with one or
more persons engaged in one of the activities punished by this section of the present Code, or with persons engaged in
the use of drugs, is punished by five years' imprisonment and a fine of €75,000.
The imprisonment is increased to ten years where one or more persons concerned by the previous paragraph are
minors.
The first two paragraphs of article 132-23 governing the safety period are applicable to the offence set out under the
previous paragraph.
ARTICLE 222-40
Attempt to commit the misdemeanours set out under articles 222-36 (first paragraph) to 222-39 is punished by the
same penalty.
ARTICLE 222-41
Drugs within the meaning of the provisions of the present section are substances or plants classified as drugs
according to article L. 627 of the Public Health Code.
ARTICLE 222-42
Legal persons may incur criminal liability for the offences defined by articles 222-34 to 222-39, pursuant to the
conditions set out under article 121 2.
The penalties incurred by legal persons are:
1° a fine, pursuant to the condition set out under article 131-38;
2° the penalties enumerated under article 131-39.
The prohibition mentioned under 2° of article 131-39 applies to the activity in the exercise of which or on the
occasion of the exercise of which the offence was committed.
ARTICLE 222-43
(Act no. 2004-204 of 9 March 2004 article 12 VI Official Journal of 10 March 2004)
A custodial sentence imposed on an offender of or an accomplice to the offences set out in articles 222-35 to
222-39 is reduced by half where, having alerted the judicial or administrative authorities, he has enabled the criminal
conduct to be ended and, if applicable, has enabled the other offenders to be identified. In cases provided for under
article 222-34, the sentence of life imprisonment is reduced to twenty years' imprisonment.